Volvo Ocean Race..a short transition for illbruck

by Volvo Event media on 9 Oct 2001 According to the weather map, it looks as if the leading group consisting
of illbruck, ASSA ABLOY, News Corp, Tyco and Amer Sports One and Too have
all cleared the doldrums. Illbruck encountered S to SE winds, delivering
very stable sailing conditions. They sail under full main sail and the
Code 0 masthead Genoa in 10 knots of wind. All the other boats had to byte
the lemon and accept losses ranging from one to 35 miles in just six
hours.

Team SEB and djuice are struggling with the weather, still suffering from
extremely variable condition, ranging from dead calm to sudden squalls.

Illbruck has 350 miles to the equator and approximately 600 miles to the
next waypoint, the island of Fernando de Noronha off the Brazilian coast.
The yachts have to leave this island to port on their way to Cape Town.

Position Report Day, 2152 GMT

PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL ROC ETA PO

1 ILBK 05 45.28N 029 45.08W 04263 202 09.0 221 0 00.0 25 OCT 01 8

2 AART 05 57.08N 029 43.76W 04275 200 08.8 218 12 -00.2 25 OCT 01 7

3 NEWS 06 09.52N 029 44.72W 04287 197 08.4 218 24 -00.5 25 OCT 01 6

4 TYCO 06 25.44N 029 46.08W 04302 197 08.1 197 39 -00.9 25 OCT 01 5

5 AONE 06 29.52N 029 34.44W 04309 201 07.6 214 56 -01.4 25 OCT 01 4

6 ATOO 07 45.56N 029 22.88W 04385 196 08.0 220 122 -00.9 25 OCT 01 3

7 TSEB 07 27.44N 025 33.16W 04459 162 04.3 136 196 -06.0 26 OCT 01 2

8 DJCE 09 25.04N 027 09.04W 04522 204 04.0 173 259 -05.0 26 OCT 01 1